Ch 10, 11, 12 Flashcards
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Mucociliary clearance
Traps microbes in a layer of mucous
Respiratory microbe colonization more likely in
Upper respiratory tract
Pharyngitis
Inflammation of the throat
S pyrogens causes strep throat
Scarlet fever
May develop from strep throat
Rash from wrytgogenic exotoxins
Treated by antibiotics
Rheumatic fever
Effects joints and heart
Diphtheria
Local throat infection caused by corynebacterium diphtheriae
Causes pseudo membrane
Has vaccination
Treatment of antibiotics and antitoxins
Rhinitis
Nose infection
Sinusitis
Inflammation of sinuses
Otitis externa
Swimmers eat infected ear canal
Otitis media
Middle ear infection
Bacterial meningitis
Inflammation of meninges around brain and spinal cord
Neisseria meningitidis
Causes meningococcal meningitis
Mortality in infants
Headache nausea vomiting
Pertussis
Whooping cough
Erythromycin helps
Tuberculosis
May cough up blood
Macrophages in lungs
Tubercle breaks spreads through the body
Aids to tb death
Infectious bronchitis
Inflammation if the bronchi
Excessive mucous and narrowing
Pneumonia healthcare acquired
Staphylococcus aureus - staphylococcal
Klebsiella - w impaired pulmonary function secondary
Pseudomonas aeruginosa - immunocompromised patients
Pneumonia community acquired
Streptococcus - pneumococcal pneumonia
Entire lung or double
Patches in respiratory tract
Vaccines available
Legionella pneumophila
Legionnaires disease
Where water collects then becomes airborne
Most bacteria in
Large intestine
Dental caries
Tooth decay
Dental pellicle
Tooth surface
Cause of dental caries
Streptococcus mutants
Dietary carbs into acids
Periodontal disease
From dental plaque
Gingivitis
Plaque build up between teeth